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t 3 November 15, 1995 Dr. Gorman Gilbert DIVISION 7, At-Large Member NC Board of Transportation P.O. Box 25201 1 South Wilmington Street Raleigh, NC 27611 Dear Dr. Gilbert: Enclosed with this letter you will find this year' s "Orange County Transportation Priority List for Consideration of Funding in The North Carolina Transportation Improvement Program. This letter is also intended to inform you of a school access safety issue on Homestead Road similar to the Old Hillsborough Road/Old Fayetteville Road issue that was identified by the Chapel Hill-Carrboro Board of Education last year. At that time the Board indicated that the planned improvements for Hillsborough Road and Old Fayetteville Road were inadequate in both scope and timing to offset the potential for accidents at their new school facility along Old Fayetteville Road. This year, as a result of the Board of Education' s action, the Old Fayetteville\Old Greensboro Roads project was increased in scope (lengthened by 1.9 miles) and construction was moved up a year. In 1999 the widening of Airport Road will approximately double the capacity of Airport Road and provide increased access to the land served by Homestead Road. As a result of the improvements to Airport Road and the development pressures in Chapel Hill, this segment of road will experience a dramatic increase in traffic almost immediately upon the completion of the improvements to Airport Road. In addition, Orange County is scheduled to build a new human services center during this same time period, and is concerned about the safety of its clients as they travel on Homestead Road between the center and Airport Road. There are severe safety problems associated with turning movements and sight distance along this section of road.